We have one and having researched the emissions (co2 and water vapour which pose no problem in a adequately ventilated room) decided to use ours to heat our conservatory. We were realistic about its heating capability but we are very impressed with it! Obviously it cannot compete with a log-burner but having it on for a couple of hours stops our central heating from coming on......

Another advantage with ours is that it's portable so can be used to heat whichever room we want. We buy our fuel from www.prestigiousfires.co.uk and pay around £2.20 per litre, half a litre burns for about 2.5 hours. The larger quantity you buy the lower the cost per litre.

Bioethanol fires give out enough heat to compete with electric fires. The burners featured on our site will give you roughly 1.8kw - 2.5kw of heat per hour. As there is no chimney for the heat to escape through, all heat comes into the room; making bioethanol fires 100% heat efficient.

The makers claim of 100% efficiency is a bit shaky because it includes the condensation benefits of the steam emitted losing its heat when it hits a cold surface and condenses into water. As this will most likely be the windows, or possibly the wall, I don't see condensation as much of a benefit. If the water vapour escapes by ventilation that heat is lost.

If the fuels costs £2.20 per litre and contains about 8kWh, that would be a running cost of about 28p per kWh (twice what I pay for electricity, 7 times what I pay for gas)

We had one as a temporary measure in our open fire with the fake logs. It looked pretty and fooled a number of people. However, when it got really cold it didn't warm the room up at all. We have since had the chimney swept and are now burning logs and coal. I think the bioethanol fires are great to use as a feature but not as a heat source.

We have one on order, same as you brand new house no flu. We don't need it really for heat we just need a fire to have a focus for the room and occassionally light to make it cosyg. I don't want to re-direct a gas pipe or get a flu put in for occassional use.

Bio Ethanol is a completely Eco-Friendly fuel. It is produced from food waste, creating no extra environmental harm, therefore it is one of the cleanest and most efficient sources of extra heat in your home.

Ethanol fireplace is one of the safest and cleanest fireplace solutions for modern eco-homes. When burning there are no toxic fumes or soot produced, therefore YOU DO NOT NEED A FLUE. A window in a room, which you can open when it gets too hot is perfectly sufficient.

The heat output depends strictly on the type and size of the container and following this - the type and size of flames, but on average a bigger Bio Fireplace produces approx. 2-3kW of heat per hour and a small tabletop burner approx 0.5-1kW of heat. You will feel it in any average size room, although any biofire cannot replace conventional heating.